caricature

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.

n. The art of creating such representations.

n. A grotesque imitation or misrepresentation: The trial was a caricature of justice.

transitive v. To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.

n. A grotesque misrepresentation.

v. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

n. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.

transitive v. To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

pret. and pp. caricatured, ppr. caricaturing. [⟨ caricature, n.; = French caricaturer = Sp. caricaturar.] To make or draw a caricature of; represent in the manner of a caricature; burlesque.

n. A representation, pictorial or descriptive, in which beauties or favorable points are concealed or perverted and peculiarities or defects exaggerated, so as to make the person or thing represented ridiculous, while a general likeness is retained.

n.Synonyms Caricature, Burlesque, Parody, Travesty. The distinguishing mark of a caricature is that it absurdly exaggerates that which is characteristic, it may be by picture or by language. A burlesque renders its subject ludicrous by an incongruous manner of treating it, as by treating a grave subject lightly, or a light subject gravely. Burlesque may be intentional or not. A parody intentionally burlesques a literary composition, generally a poem, by imitating its form, style, or language. In a parody the characters are changed, while in a travesty they are retained, only the language being made absurd. (See travesty.) In a burlesque of a literary work the characters are generally changed into others which ludicrously suggest their originals.